Test Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Test Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 53 66
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Test Engineer 5 13 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 1.19% 2.14% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.31% 2.46% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 11
10th Percentile £533 - £413
25th Percentile £545 £375 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +11.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £666 £569 £488
90th Percentile £684 £589 £506
South West median daily rate £550 £525 £455
% change year-on-year +4.76% +15.38% -2.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
South West median hourly rate £18.19 £70.00 £68.50
% change year-on-year -74.01% +2.19% +13.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Wiltshire with a recognized job title 383 528 832
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 86.99% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 388 616
10th Percentile £308 £322 £313
25th Percentile £458 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.12% -2.27% +1.20%
75th Percentile £644 £638 £630
90th Percentile £706 £725 £711
South West median daily rate £503 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -1.95% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 22
10th Percentile £18.87 - £44.45
25th Percentile £19.28 - £46.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.65% -74.42% -7.41%
75th Percentile £25.15 £15.58 £61.88
90th Percentile - £25.00 £69.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +5.52%

Test Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Job postings that featured Test Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

Job vacancy trend for Test Engineer in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Test Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Test Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Test Engineer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 27 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Corsham +13 3 £625 +16.28% 1
Salisbury - 2 - -
Test Engineer
South West

Test Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 27 September 2025, Test Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wiltshire region featuring Test Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) MCSA
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
1 3 (60.00%) Military
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (60.00%) Confluence
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (60.00%) PKI
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Skype
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector

Test Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) Confluence
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Skype for Business
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) Skype
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Military
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Critical Thinking
1 3 (60.00%) Regression Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) MCSA
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) VMware